Kim Dotcom quits Mega role to follow political ambitions

The Inquirer

CLOUD STORAGE PIONEER Kim Dotcom is resigning from his director role at the Mega file storage startup to concentrate on other projects. Dotcom confirmed reports of his exodus on Twitter, and acknowledged his new pursuits along with his intention.

From Wikipedia:

German-Finnish Internet entrepreneur, businessman, and political party founder who resides in New Zealand. He has been accused of criminal copyright infringement and a host of derivative charges, such as money laundering, racketeering and wire fraud, by the U.S. Department of Justice and is currently fighting extradition proceedings in New Zealand. He was the founder of now-defunct file hosting service Megaupload as well as its successor Mega. In politics, he is the founder, main funder, and “party visionary” of New Zealand’s Internet Party.

He rose to fame in Germany in the 1990s as a self-proclaimed internet entrepreneur. He received prison time in 1994 for computer fraud and data espionage, and another suspended prison sentence in 2003 for insider trading and embezzlement.